River Water Woes come with Lake Okeechobee Draining
By Andy Reid, Sun Sentinel "Toxic" and "scum" are not words that the Chamber of Commerce likes to see associated with Florida's waterfront lifestyle. Yet draining Lake Okeechobee to protect ...
A great example of how the Indian River Lagoon could be saved
In Eve Samples column, she compares the success of the newly clean water in the Tampa Bay with what could be done for the Indian River Lagoon. The headline leapt ...
Corps to cut Lake Okeechobee discharges Friday to IRL, St. Lucie River
TCPALM.COM by Tyler Treadway The Army Corps of Engineers will cut back discharges from Lake Okeechobee to the St. Lucie River to an average of 107. million gallons a day ...
Editorial: Public Participation Critical to success of Indian River Lagoon Council
The Indian River Lagoon Council will hold its second meeting March 27. Chances are you know little about the council beyond what has been reported in this newspaper. There’s a ...
New Indian River Lagoon Council has Inaugural Meeting
By Angela Smith, tcpalm.com PALM BAY — Help is slowly on the way for the Indian River Lagoon. Multiple agencies tasked with protecting the multicounty waterway met Wednesday for the ...
Sugar land buy to protect IRL looks iffy
By TC PALM Tyler Treadway: Treasure Coast environmentalists were downright ebullient in early January, convinced that Gov. Rick Scott would sign a deal to buy U.S. Sugar Corp. land needed ...
TCPALM Editorial: The scoop on changes within the Indian River Lagoon Nat’l Estuary Program
By Laurence Reisman: I was puzzled when I learned the Indian River County Commission had pulled out of the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program. Commissioners, after all, have been ...
Letter to Florida’s new DEP Chief about the Indian River Lagoon
The editorial board of Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers believes it is important for Florida's new DEP Chief to know the issues confronting the Indian River Lagoon and the commitment of people ...
Water District Oks Buying Hobe Sound Land for Wetlands
By Tyler Treadway, TC Palm The South Florida Water Management District Board of Governors on Thursday morning approved a plan to buy about 1,800 acres of Harmony Ranch, a site ...